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Procedures To test our predictions, we conducted a repeated cross-sectional survey across six-time-points in the United States, covering the period from early February (mild stage of the outbreak: 11 confirmed cases in the U.S.) to late March (severe stage of the outbreak: 68,440 in the U.S.) with …
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Among the many wild conspiracy theories about the 2020 election, few rank as high when it comes to both baselessness and reach as those involving voting machines. The theory that voting machines were programmed to steal the election from President Donald Trump had the benefit, while being utterly …
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Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times via Getty Images “Covid is on its way out,” said Harsh Vardhan, India’s health minister, in early March. But, little more than a month later, a second wave of infections has thrown the country into chaos. Record numbers of more than 300,000 new Covid-19 cases are being …
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IMAGE: Andreas Önnerfors, Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor at the Department of History, Uppsala University. view more Credit: Tea Jahrehorn Conspiratorial narratives of internal disintegration and external threats affect views in the European Union and Europe to an increasing extent. Our trust …
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Phar Lap. (AP) Almost a third of Australians believe the racehorse Phar Lap’s sudden death in San Francisco in 1932 was the result of poisoning by US gangsters. Researchers Mathew Marques, Jim McLennan, John Kerr, Mathew Ling and Matt Williams discuss their recently published research, which shows …
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Amazon’s book recommendation algorithms that help customers discover new titles may have a dark side. A new report from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue says these algorithms steer people to books about conspiracy theories and extremism, sometimes introducing them to the work of conspiracy …
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An out-of-print multiplayer card game that first appeared in 1994 is continuing to attract interest and unease online over its apparently eerie ability to “predict” major global events, from 9/11 to the election of Donald Trump, the coronavirus pandemic and the riot at the US Capitol on 6 January …
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Amazon.com’s search and recommendation algorithms channel customers into consuming increasingly extremist misinformation, according to a new report. The report, by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, adds to a growing body of research on how digital platforms — including Facebook, YouTube and …
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The Apollo moon landings were faked, Lee Harvey Oswald did not act alone to assassinate JFK, governments are hiding the existence of UFOs. These are some classic conspiracy theories that almost everyone has heard about, and a sizeable number of people agree with. But little research has …
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Regarding “Editorial: The Big Lie — The Texas GOP’s not listening, but voter suppression is bad for business,” (A15, April 26): My question is: Where do our future children and their children fit into this vicious scenario? What is the goal in spouting all these big lies and conspiracy theories? Is …
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